Heartleaf Climbing Hempweed; Heartleaved Climbing Hempweed; Heart Leaf Climbing Hempweed; Heart Leaved Climbing Hempweed; Heartleaf Climbing Hemp Weed; Heartleaved Climbing Hemp Weed; Heart Leaf Climbing Hemp Weed; Heart Leaved Climbing Hemp Weed
Mikania cordifolia
Native to Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 30 Louisiana parishes.
Who uses this plant?
11CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA
Genus host records with ranges including LA · Mikania
- Calephelis virginiensisNorthern Metalmark
- Condica confederataThe Confederate
- Cosmosoma myrodoraScarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth
- Digrammia continuataCurve-Lined Angle
- Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
- Glaphyria basiflavalisBasal-Dash Glaphyria Moth
- Herpetogramma bipunctalisSouthern Beet Webworm, Two-Spotted Herpetogramma
- Omiodes indicataBean-Leaf Webworm Moth
- Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
- Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
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- Adaina bipunctatus
28BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Mikania
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimNo records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Louisiana rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| LA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Will it fit your yard?
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Sources
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition
- Louisiana occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications